Slave by Alvaretto
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Some years ago, the streets of Buenos Aires were full of women like this. They were beggars.
They alll told the same sad stories in the same broken Spanish, many of them were even barefoot in winter.
After a while the news was that they were slaves working for some organization.
The operation is like this: the organization takes them to some wealthy city (Buenos Aires was wealthy in the mid 90s, not now) from some asian or eastern european country. They bribe the authorities - something very easy in South America - and every woman has a corner assigned to beg. After several hours of working they are taken back to their houses were they live in deplorable conditions. It is obvious that they can't escape.
In this case, because of their clothes and way of speaking it was said they were from Romania, as Romanian is similar to Spanish.
Nowadays, after the economic crisis in Argentina, most of them have dissapeared, taken to other places. But as Buenos Aires is a city with lots of american and european tourists, there are some of them still around.
The stories they tell are all fake but their sadness is 100% real.
Comments (11)
Loloe
Yes the sadness in her eyes looks real. This is a great capture of this so unbearable thing. Bravo
JuliaKretsch
Excellent photograph! You really captured the woman's feelings and the innocence of the child. Very well done!
DigiArts
You've captured well an expression of desperation, anger and profound sadness- all at once. A tragic commentary. Excellent work.
vlaaitje
such an impressive shot, sad to hear
jcv2
A sad story, happening in these days unfortunately! :(
jocko500
very sad to hear this. You took a real good shot of the se type of people
Foxseelady
Seeing her face, and holding that small child. My heart breaks. This photo made me have to say something here because it hurts so much to see that the world is still so cruel; especially to the children.
RodolfoCiminelli
Excelente y muy oportuno shot....!!! Una gran imagen de fuerte impacto social....!!! Espldida saturaci de colores con colores intensos y saturados.....!!!
GiMi53
A portrait telling a sad story... Extremely well done, excellent photo ! :~)
leliel86
This photo breaks my heart....
Steeleyes101
Outstanding jurnoalistic work here Love your photo and the way you capture the truth. I hope you are submitting your work story to some sort of press for publication. Please more like this